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Tom Homan: We’re going to FLOOD THE ZONE in New York

Fox News May 8, 2026 7m 1,356 words
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"WHEN WE HEAR ABOUT SANCTUARY STATES AND PRO-SANCTUARY GOVERNORS, IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE GET REALLY SPECIFIC ABOUT WHOM THEY'RE PROTECTING. PEOPLE LIKE 32-YEAR-OLD HONOR STUDENT, I'M JOKING, JOSE IGNACIO GARCIA, HE'S AN ILLEGAL FROM HONDURAS, ACCUSED NOW OF DRAGGING AN UNCONSCIOUS MAN BEHIND A NEW..."

[0:00] WHEN WE HEAR ABOUT SANCTUARY [0:02] STATES AND PRO-SANCTUARY [0:03] GOVERNORS, IT'S IMPORTANT THAT [0:05] WE GET REALLY SPECIFIC ABOUT [0:07] WHOM THEY'RE PROTECTING. [0:09] PEOPLE LIKE 32-YEAR-OLD HONOR [0:11] STUDENT, I'M JOKING, JOSE [0:14] IGNACIO GARCIA, HE'S AN ILLEGAL [0:16] FROM HONDURAS, ACCUSED NOW OF [0:18] DRAGGING AN UNCONSCIOUS MAN [0:20] BEHIND A NEW YORK DUMPSTER AND [0:22] RAPING HIM. [0:23] NOW WHEN THE MAN WOKE UP IN THE [0:25] MIDDLE OF THE ATTACK, [0:27] PROSECUTORS SAY THE SUSPECT BEAT [0:29] DEMOCRATS SAY THE SUSPECT IS [0:31] DEMOCRATS SAY THE SUSPECT IS [0:32] DEMOCRATS SAY THE SUSPECT WAS [0:35] CAPTURED ON A BUS LATER ON IN [0:36] TEXAS HEADING TOWARD THE BORDER. [0:38] OH, NOW BANILLO GARCIA WANTS [0:40] TO LEAVE THE COUNTRY? [0:41] IT WAS ALREADY DEPORTED THREE [0:43] TIMES AND CAME BACK, BUT NEW [0:45] YORK WANTS TO PROTECT ILLEGALS [0:47] WHICH IS WHY KATHY HOCHUL IS [0:49] DOUBLING DOWN ON SANCTUARY [0:50] POLICIES. [0:51] BORDERS ARE TOM HOLLMAN HAS [0:53] HAD ENOUGH AND IS PROMISING TO [0:55] FLOOD THE STATE WITH ICE AGENTS. [0:57] HE'S WITH ME NOW. [0:59] WE'LL SEE WHAT GOVERNOR HOCHUL [1:01] SAID IN RESPONSE TO YOUR PROMISE [1:03] TO DO MORE. [1:04] WATCH. [1:05] ALL I'LL SAY TO MR. HOLLMAN IS [1:07] THAT DONALD TRUMP HIMSELF SAID [1:09] HE WOULD NOT SEND A SURGE OF ICE [1:11] AGENTS TO THE STATE OF NEW YORK [1:13] UNLESS I ASK. [1:15] I'M NOT ASKING. [1:16] TOM, SHE SAYS SHE'S NOT [1:17] ASKING SO ESSENTIALLY BUTT OUT. [1:22] WELL, GOVERNOR HOCHUL, I'M NOT [1:23] ASKING EITHER. [1:24] I SAID IT, WE'RE GOING TO DO IT. [1:27] YOU KNOW, SHE WANTS TO SIGN [1:28] LEGISLATION. [1:29] SHE SUPPORTS THIS LEGISLATION [1:30] INVESTIGATION. [1:31] SHE'S NOT GOING TO DO IT. [1:32] SHE'S NOT GOING TO DO IT. [1:33] SHE'S NOT GOING TO DO IT. [1:34] SHE'S NOT GOING TO DO IT. [1:35] IT'S GOING TO LOCK US OUT OF [1:36] JAILS. [1:37] IT'S GOING TO END 287G [1:38] AGREEMENTS. [1:39] IT'S GOING TO PREVENT US FROM [1:41] ARRESTING A CRIMINAL ALIEN IN [1:42] SAFETY AND SECURITY OF A JAIL. [1:43] WE HAVE PARTNERSHIPS IN NEW YORK [1:45] THROUGHOUT THE STATE. [1:46] NOT EVERYWHERE BUT SHE WANTS TO [1:47] END THE PARTNERSHIPS WE [1:48] CURRENTLY HAVE. [1:49] NOW WE'VE GOT TO SEND A WHOLE [1:50] TEAM TO LOOK FOR A CRIMINAL WE [1:52] CERTAINLY SAFER FOR THE [1:53] ALIEN AND CERTAINLY SAFER FOR [1:54] THE COMMUNITY. [1:55] YOU'RE FORCING US INTO THE [1:56] NEIGHBORHOODS TO FIND THIS [1:57] PERSON WHICH MEANS SINCE WE [1:59] LOST THE EFFICIENCIES OF THE [2:00] JAILS THAT YOU WANT TO LOCK US [2:01] OUT OF, NOW WE'VE GOT TO SEND [2:03] A WHOLE TEAM OUT THERE TO FIND [2:04] THIS PERSON. [2:05] SO OF COURSE WE'RE GOING TO [2:07] INCREASE MANPOWER A LOT. [2:08] AND NOT ONLY THAT, SHE SAID SHE [2:10] WANTS PROTECTED MIGRANT [2:11] COMMUNITIES. [2:12] REALLY? [2:13] BECAUSE NOW WE ARREST AN ILLEGAL [2:14] ALIEN. [2:15] WE CAN'T RENT A BED FROM ANY [2:18] OF THE SHERIPS IN NEW YORK STAGE. [2:19] WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO? [2:20] WE'RE GOING TO ARREST THAT [2:21] ILLEGAL ALIEN. [2:22] WE'RE GOING TO FLY THEM TO [2:23] TEXAS, ARIZONA, TO ONE OF THE [2:24] TENTION FACILITIES THERE, AWAY [2:25] FROM THE FAMILIES, AWAY FROM [2:26] THE ATTORNEYS. [2:27] THIS IS WHAT WE HAVE TO DO [2:28] BECAUSE SHE FORCES IN THIS [2:29] POSITION. [2:30] AND WE'RE GOING TO DO IT. [2:31] THEY'RE NOT GOING TO STOP US. [2:32] THEY CAN PUT ALL THE ROAD [2:34] BLOCKS THEY WANT, BUT WE'RE [2:35] GOING TO DO THIS JOB. [2:36] LEGALLY, I KNOW THERE ARE [2:38] APPEALS HERE TO WHAT THEY'RE [2:39] TRYING TO DO. [2:40] BUT THEY'RE TRYING, SO PEOPLE [2:42] UNDERSTAND THIS, PREVENT ICE [2:44] FROM ACTUALLY OPERATING IN [2:45] PUBLIC, MOST PUBLIC PLACES. [2:47] SO JAILS, COURTHOUSES. [2:49] BUT, I MEAN, THAT'S KIND OF A [2:52] CONSTITUTIONAL QUESTION. [2:53] WHETHER YOU CAN INTERFERE WITH [2:55] SOMEONE'S, REALLY, FREEDOM OF [2:57] ASSOCIATION, FREEDOM OF [2:59] MOVEMENT OF FEDERAL IMMIGRATION [3:01] OFFICIALS. [3:02] THAT'S NOT HOW THINGS ROLL IN [3:04] OUR SOCIETY. [3:05] BUT THEY'RE GOING TO PUSH IT. [3:07] AND I THINK, TOM, THEY WANT TO [3:09] CREATE ANOTHER SUMMER OF LOVE [3:10] SITUATION WITH MORE PROTESTS, [3:12] GET PEOPLE HOPPED UP IN THE [3:13] STREETS AND SEE IF THEY CAN ROLL [3:15] THIS RIGHT INTO THE MIDTERMS. [3:16] THAT'S WHAT I THINK THIS IS ALL [3:17] ABOUT IN THE END. [3:18] WELL, WE'RE GOING TO [3:21] ENFORCE THE LAW REGARD. [3:22] SHE WANTS TO PUT FEAR IN THE [3:23] MIGRANT COMMUNITY. [3:24] SHE WANTS TO GET AMERICAN PEOPLE [3:25] TURNED AGAINST ICE. [3:26] SHE TALKS ABOUT STAY OUT OF THE [3:28] CHURCHES, STAY OUT OF THE [3:29] HOSPITALS, STAY OUT OF THE [3:30] SCHOOLS. [3:31] I WANT HER TO GIVE ME ONE [3:32] EXAMPLE ANYWHERE THROUGHOUT THE [3:34] UNITED STATES, SINCE PRESIDENT [3:35] TRUMP HAS BEEN IN THE OVAL [3:36] OFFICE, GIVE ME ONE EXAMPLE [3:38] ANYWHERE WHERE ICE HAS ARRESTED [3:39] SOMEBODY IN THE HOSPITAL, WHERE [3:41] ICE HAS ARRESTED SOMEBODY IN [3:42] THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, WHERE [3:43] ICE HAS ARRESTED SOMEBODY IN [3:44] THE CHURCH. [3:45] IT'S JUST A FALSE NATURE. [3:47] THEY'RE TRYING TO SCARE NOT ONLY [3:49] THE LEGAL IMMIGRANT COMMUNITY, [3:50] THEY'RE TRYING TO TURN THE [3:52] AMERICAN PEOPLE AGAINST ICE. [3:53] THE ONLY PEOPLE THAT VIOLATED [3:55] SOMEBODY IN THE CHURCH WAS DON [3:57] LEMON AND THAT GROUP. [3:58] ICE DOES A PROFESSIONAL JOB AND [4:00] WE'RE GOING TO DO IT IN NEW YORK. [4:02] SHE SAYS SHE SUPPORTS. [4:03] I'VE SEEN HER A HUNDRED TIMES. [4:05] I SUPPORT ICE TARGETING [4:06] CRIMINALS. [4:07] YOU CAN'T SQUARE THAT AND KICK [4:09] US OUT OF JAILS. [4:10] YOU CAN'T SQUARE THAT AND KICK [4:12] US OUT OF RIKERS ISLAND. [4:13] YOU CAN'T SQUARE THAT AND END [4:15] OUR PARTNERSHIPS ON 287G WITH [4:17] SOME OF THE BIGGEST JAILS IN [4:18] THAT STATE. [4:20] CNN CORRESPONDENTS ARE NOW [4:22] SAYING THAT ICE IS CHANGING ITS [4:24] CRIMINAL HISTORY. [4:27] IT IS A LOT OF OTHERS WHO DON'T [4:28] HAVE A CRIMINAL HISTORY. [4:29] TOM, WATCH. [4:30] WE ARE SEEING LESS OF THOSE [4:33] SWEEPING RAIDS THAT WE SAW LAST [4:35] YEAR AND MORE OF THAT TARGETED [4:38] QUIET APPROACH TO IMMIGRATION [4:39] ENFORCEMENT BUT OF COURSE THAT [4:40] DOESN'T MEAN THAT IT'S ONLY [4:42] PUBLIC SAFETY AND NATIONAL [4:43] SECURITY THREATS THAT ARE BEING [4:44] DETAINED. [4:45] IT IS ALSO A LOT OF OTHERS WHO [4:47] DON'T HAVE CRIMINAL HISTORY. [4:48] TOM, MAGA WANTS MASS [4:50] DEPORTATIONS. [4:51] THAT'S WHAT PRESIDENT TRUMP RAN [4:52] ON. [4:53] I KNOW THERE'S A LOT GOING ON [4:56] WITH THAT BUT THAT'S WHAT PEOPLE [4:57] WANT. [4:58] BUT SHE'S INSINUATING THAT [5:00] INNOCENT PEOPLE NOW ARE BEING [5:02] TARGETED BUT MORE QUIETLY. [5:03] THE BOTTOM LINE, MASS [5:07] DEPORTATION, WHAT THEY'RE GOING [5:08] TO GET. [5:09] I TALK TO MARK WAYNE MULLEN [5:11] EVERY DAY. [5:12] WE HAVE A STRATEGY. [5:13] NUMBERS ARE DOWN SLIGHTLY [5:14] BECAUSE THE GOVERNMENT WAS [5:15] SHUT DOWN. [5:16] DHS WAS SHUT DOWN. [5:17] THE OFFICERS ARE GETTING PAID [5:19] BUT PEOPLE DO THE TARGETING. [5:20] THE SMART PEOPLE WHO RUN THESE [5:22] DATABASES HELP US TARGET WHERE [5:23] THEY WANT TO BE FOUND. [5:25] THAT'S ALL BEEN UNPAID. [5:26] LOOK, I'VE BEEN WORKING VERY [5:27] CLOSELY WITH MARK WAYNE MULLEN. [5:28] WE'VE GOT A STRATEGY. [5:29] NEW YORK IS GOING TO BE ONE OF [5:30] THEM. [5:31] LOOK, WE'RE GOING TO FLOOD THE [5:32] ZONE IN NEW YORK. [5:33] WE HAVE TO. [5:34] WE HAVE TO ARREST CRIMINALS [5:35] OF PUBLIC SAFETY THREATS. [5:36] I JUST LOOKED AT THE NUMBERS [5:38] BEFORE THE SHOW. [5:39] WE'VE ALREADY ARRESTED OVER 6,100 [5:41] ILLEGAL AILING CRIMINALS AND [5:42] TAKING THEM OFF THE STREETS OF [5:43] NEW YORK. [5:44] WE'RE GOING TO KEEP DOING IT. [5:46] LOOK, WE'RE GOING TO ARREST [5:48] NON-CRIMINALS EVEN THOUGH PRESIDENT [5:49] TRUMP IS PRIORITIZING PUBLIC [5:50] SAFETY THREATS, NATIONAL [5:51] SECURITY THREATS. [5:52] IF YOU LOOK AT THE NUMBERS [5:54] RIGHT NOW, ABOUT 60% OF [5:55] EVERYBODY WE'RE ARRESTING IS A [5:56] CRIMINAL. [5:57] THE OTHER 40% ARE NOT. [5:58] I THINK THAT'S A GOOD [5:59] PERCENTAGE. [6:00] I THINK THAT'S A BETTER [6:01] PERCENTAGE THAN 40% CRIMINAL [6:02] AND 60% NON-CRIMINAL. [6:03] BUT EVERYBODY IS ON THE TABLE. [6:04] HERE'S WHAT KATHY HOCHEL IS GOING [6:06] TO FIND A BAD GUY AND WE WILL [6:07] FIND HIM, MANY TIMES ARE WITH [6:08] OTHERS. [6:09] OTHERS THAT MAY BE IN THE [6:10] COUNTRY ILLEGALLY BUT NOT A [6:11] CRIMINAL THREAT, NOT A [6:12] NATIONAL SECURITY THREAT. [6:13] THEY MAY BE HERE FOR 20 YEARS. [6:14] BUT GUESS WHAT? [6:15] THEY'RE COMING TOO BECAUSE THEY [6:16] ARE IN THE COUNTRY ILLEGALLY. [6:17] WE'RE NOT GOING TO TELL ISA TO [6:19] TURN A BLIND EYE TO THE OALTH [6:20] THEY TOOK OR IGNORE THE LAWS [6:21] PASSED BY CONGRESS THAT WE [6:22] GET APPROPRIATED TO ENFORCE. [6:23] SO SHE'S GOING TO ENFORCE [6:25] MORE COLLATERAL ARRESTS. [6:26] SHE'S GOING TO ENFORCE NON-CRIMINAL [6:28] ARRESTS. [6:29] I'M CERTAINLY OKAY WITH THAT. [6:30] WE'RE GOING TO LOSE THE [6:32] EFFICIENCY OF THE JAILS AND [6:33] THAT'S WHAT YOU GET IN RETURN. [6:34] IT'S NOT A THREAT. [6:35] IT'S A VALID RESPONSE FOR HER [6:37] TAKING AWAY THE EFFICIENCIES [6:39] AND THE SAFETY OF THE JAILS. [6:40] WE'VE GOT TO SEND MORE AGENTS [6:42] THERE TO KEEP NEW YORK SAFER [6:44] AND KEEP OUR OFFICERS SAFER. [6:46] I MEAN, THAT VIDEO, THE GUY [6:49] BEING DRAGGED BEHIND THE [6:51] DUMPSTER, I MEAN, IT'S A [6:53] DRAGGED BEHIND THE DUMPSTER. [6:56] I MEAN, IT'S, THIS IS WORSE, [6:58] GETS WORSE AND WORSE. [6:59] TOM, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR [7:00] JOINING US AND THANK THE MEN [7:02] AND WOMEN OF ICE. [7:03] THEY DO AN UNBELIEVABLE JOB.

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